The Surface by Microsoft Website introduces Microsoft's newly announced tablet PC that will presumably be their showcase for the upcoming touch-enabled Windows 8, though its most talked about feature may be the keyboard built into the 3mm-thick cover (5mm if you want clicky keys). There are live blogs of the announcement on Gizmodo and Wired, and the official press release with specs is on Kotaku, where they note the device's gaming capacity will be shown off by Skulls of the Shogun (thanks nin). Here are those specs:

(1), (2). Actual size and weight of the device may vary due to configuration and manufacturing process.

Suggested retail pricing will be announced closer to availability and is expected to be competitive with a comparable ARM tablet or Intel Ultrabook-class PC. OEMs will have cost and feature parity on Windows 8 and Windows RT.

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Verno wrote on Jun 19, 2012, 11:36:I can't shake the feeling that everyone is just rebuilding the laptop, the keyboard almost seems like a direct admission that touch interfaces can't solely meet most users interaction needs. The form factor might be attractive to some people I guess more than anything else but laptops and netbooks seem to have some overlap there too. I don't really see the App ecosystem in place to drive this thing with casual users either.

I'll talk to some friends and family later to see what they think of it after the mainstream press does the rounds tonight.

People are desperately trying to find the product that offers full usability and full mobility.

I still think it will be a multi-device solution: one main CPU/screen and many other input/screen options. But maybe it'll just be screens and a centralized cloud CPU.